Introduction to the Debian mailing lists
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Debian is developed through distributed development all
around the world. Therefore, email is the preferred way to discuss
various items. Much of the conversation between Debian developers
and users is managed through several mailing lists.
There are many world-open mailing lists, meaning anyone can read
everything that is posted, and participate in the discussions. Everyone is
encouraged to help development of Debian and to spread the word of free
software. There are also a few lists which are only open to official Debian
developers; please don't interpret this as closed development, it sometimes
doesn't make much sense discussing internal topics with non-developers.
All original Debian mailing lists run on a special server, using an
automatic mail processing software called SmartList. This server is called
lists.debian.org. All submission, subscription and unsubscription messages
have to be sent to a particular address at this host.
The language used on all lists is English, unless stated otherwise.
There are some user lists for other languages available.
Subscription / Unsubscription
-----------------------------
Anyone is able to subscribe/unsubscribe on their own to any mailing list,
presuming the subscription policy for a particular list is `open'.
The requests for subscription or unsubscription can be sent to a special
control address, which is slightly different from the list address.
Subscription or unsubscription messages should NOT be sent to the address
of the mailing list itself.
To subscribe or unsubscribe from a mailing list, please send mail to
-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
with the word `subscribe' or `unsubscribe' as subject.
Please remember the -REQUEST part of the address.
As part of the subscription process, the list software will send you an
email to which you must reply in order to finish subscribing. This is a
security measure to keep people from subscribing others to the lists without
their permission.
If you need to contact a human listmaster, direct your mail to
listmaster@lists.debian.org . To find out who is responsible for the
lists, take a look at https://www.debian.org/intro/organization
User lists
There are several user based mailing lists where developers and
users can get in contact to discuss and solve problems.
debian-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : Major news and very important changes in the project
are announced here.
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-backports-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : Announcements relating to the debian-backports project include security related announcements
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-backports@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about the debian-backports archive
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-chinese-big5@lists.debian.org
Description : Debian Chinese Project: Chinese localization (l10n),
documentation and web site translation, user support
etc.
Posts may be in English or Big5-encoded Chinese.
All posts are automatically converted to GB encoding
and cross-posted to the debian-chinese-gb mailing list.
If you would rather read and post in GB-encoded
Chinese, please subscribe to debian-chinese-gb instead.
Language : Chinese
Moderated : subscribers
Subscription: open
debian-chinese-gb@lists.debian.org
Description : Debian Chinese Project: Chinese localization (l10n)
issues, documentation and web site translation, user
support etc.
Posts may be in English or GB-encoded Chinese.
All posts are automatically converted to Big5 encoding
and cross-posted to the debian-chinese-big5 mailing list.
If you would rather read and post in Big5-encoded
Chinese, please subscribe to debian-chinese-big5 instead.
Language : Chinese
Moderated : subscribers
Subscription: open
debian-edu-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : Announcements regarding Skolelinux/debian-edu
Moderated : yes
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debian-enterprise@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions about special needs in enterprise
environments and ways to fulfill those needs.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-esperanto@lists.debian.org
Description : Debian users who speak Esperanto.
Language : Esperanto
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-firewall@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of implementation and maintenance of
firewalls using Debian. Both basic issues and new
more exotic developments are discussed here.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-infrastructure-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : This list covers announcements about changes in the (public and
private) Debian infrastructure including services the Debian
project directly or indirectly provides.
Moderated : signed
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debian-isp@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about issues and problems specific to
Internet Service Providers (ISPs for short) that
use Debian.
Moderated : no
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debian-italian@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Italian.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Language : Italian
Moderated : no
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debian-japanese@lists.debian.org
Description : This list covers Japanese localization and translation related
requests or questions, and conversations about Debian
and Japanese.
This list is set as Language-Team for PO files and also a contact
point of translation team, for those who do not understand Japanese.
The official language is English (and Japanese).
For native Japanese speakers, Debian JP Project provides
several mailing lists discussing the Debian system in
Japanese, see http://www.debian.or.jp/community/ml/.
General public lists are: -users, -devel, -www and -doc.
Their purposes are the same as the namesakes on lists.debian.org.
Language : English/Japanese
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-kde@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions related to KDE in Debian.
Those developing KDE-based packages are
encouraged to use this to discuss issues
and share their experience.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Description : Installing, updating and using laptops with Debian.
Suggestions on special packaging, complaints, etc.
are welcome.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-lts-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : Important information about new uploads and the status of
the LTS distribution are posted here, including security advisories
for packages updated in LTS.
If you are using the LTS updates on any systems, it is highly
recommended that you subscribe to this list, to ensure you are kept
fully up-to-date.
Moderated : signed
Subscription: open
debian-news-french@lists.debian.org
Description : News about Debian for users speaking French.
Language : French
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-news-german@lists.debian.org
Description : News about Debian for users speaking German.
Language : German
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-news-italian@lists.debian.org
Description : Releases, news, internationalization efforts and
other related news about Debian for Italian-speaking users.
Language : Italian
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-news-portuguese@lists.debian.org
Description : Releases, news, internationalization efforts and other
related news about Debian for users speaking Portuguese.
Language : Portuguese
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-news-spanish@lists.debian.org
Description : Releases, news, internationalization efforts and
other related news about Debian for Spanish-speaking users.
Language : Spanish
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-news@lists.debian.org
Description : General news about the distribution and the project.
The current events and news about Debian are
summarized in the Debian Weekly News, a newsletter
regularly posted on this list.
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-photo@lists.debian.org
Description : Using software in Debian for photography, and discussion about problems,
challenges and opportunities related to that. All parts of the
photographic process are on topic: controlling the camera, transferring
pictures to the computer, managing, editing, converting, printing,
uploading, displaying, etc.
.
For bandwidth and disk space reasons, it is not, however, appropriate
to send images to the list. Put them on a web site and include the URL
in a mail sent to the list instead.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-research@lists.debian.org
Description : This list's goal is to gather those interested in Debian from an
academic perspective.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-russian@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Russian,
and Russian localization issues: translating
"po" files, coordinating patches for Debian
packages to work with the Russian language.
Language : Russian
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : The security team informs the users about security
problems by posting security advisories about
Debian packages on this list.
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-security@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about security issues, including
cryptographic issues, that are of interest to
all parts of the Debian community.
Please note that this is NOT an announcement
mailing list. If you're looking for security
advisories from Debian, subscribe to
debian-security-announce instead.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-stable-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : Updates to stable packages will be announced on this list.
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-testing-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : The testing-security team informs users about security problems by
posting summaries about fixed packages in Debian testing on this list.
Moderated : yes
Subscription: open
debian-user-catalan@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Catalan.
Language : Catalan
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-danish@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users who speak Danish.
Language : Danish
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-dutch@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Dutch
Language : Dutch
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-finnish@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users who speak Finnish.
Language : Finnish
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-french@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak French.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Language : French
Moderated : no
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debian-user-german@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak German.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Language : German
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-greek@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Greek.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-hungarian
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Hungarian.
Language : Hungarian
Subscription: http://lists.linux.hu/mailman/listinfo/debian
debian-user-icelandic@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Icelandic.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-indonesian@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users who speak Indonesian.
Language : Indonesian
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-polish@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Polish.
Language : Polish
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-portuguese@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users who speak Portuguese.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Language : Portuguese (both European and Brazilian, and other dialects are welcome)
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-slovenian@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Slovenian.
Language : Slovenian
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-spanish@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Spanish.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Language : Spanish
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-swedish@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Swedish.
Language : Swedish
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-tamil@lists.debian.org
Description : Mailing list to discuss Tamil localisation efforts for Debian and to coordinate
Tamil localisation activities. You can also get Debian support in Tamil here.
Language : Tamil
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-turkish@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Turkish.
Language : Turkish
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-ukrainian@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users who speak Ukrainian.
Language : Ukrainian
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user-vietnamese@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users that speak Vietnamese, and discussions on translations
Language : Vietnamese
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for Debian users who speak English.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Digest : debian-user-digest@lists.debian.org
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
Development lists
There are several lists on which developers and experienced
users discuss more technical issues. In addition, there are some
announcement lists to help experienced users keep track of
development.
debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
Description : User and Developer list for accessibility-related issues.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-ada@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of Ada in Debian.
This list is intended for:
- discussion of the Debian Policy for Ada
- release coordination among Ada packages in Debian
- packaging advice
- general help for Ada programmers using the Debian packages
You can find the Debian Policy for Ada at
https://people.debian.org/~lbrenta/debian-ada-policy.html
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-apache@lists.debian.org
Description : Maintenance of the Apache HTTP server and related
packages in Debian: code changes, reproducing bugs,
talking to upstream etc.
It is neither for submitting bug reports (please
use the BTS for that), nor for support requests.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-astro@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about providing Debian for astronomy. This includes
the use as well as packaging and development. Both amateur and
professional astronomy is covered.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-beowulf@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about Beowulf systems running Debian.
Moderated : no
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debian-blends@lists.debian.org
Description : Debian Pure Blends (formerly known as Custom Debian Distributions)
provide support for special user interests. They implement a new
approach to cover interests of specialised users, who might be
children, lawyers, medical staff, visually impaired people, etc.
Of late, several Debian Pure Blends have evolved. The common goal
of those is to make installation and administration of computers
for their target users as easy as possible, and to serve in the
role as the missing link between software developers and users
well.
You can get more information at
http://blends.alioth.debian.org/blends/
Moderated : no
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debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and maintenance of the Debian
installation system.
Moderated : no
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debian-cd@lists.debian.org
Description : Creating Debian CD sets, official and unofficial.
Moderated : no
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debian-cli@lists.debian.org
Description : This list is about using and/or developing for the Common Language
Infrastructure (CLI).
If you want to develop software or create Debian packages
that uses Mono, GNU Portable.NET or LLVM VMKit then you are right on this
mailing list.
If you are writing software in C#, VB.NET, Boo, Nemerle or other
CLI based/enabled programming languages then you are also welcome on this list.
Moderated : no
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debian-cloud@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions about using Debian on public or private clouds.
Both development topics for people preparing Debian images for cloud
environments and user topics for people benefiting from such work are
welcome.
Moderated : no
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debian-cross@lists.debian.org
Description : The list discusses
- How to cross-build packages within Debian
- Infrastructure needed to cross-build packages. This may include
discussion about additional tags for cross-building, running
cross-build daemons, etc.
- How to use cross-builds to bootstrap Debian ports.
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-ctte-private@lists.debian.org
Description : Private communication between tech committee members.
Moderated : yes
Subscription: Debian Technical Committee only
debian-ctte@lists.debian.org
Description : Public meeting, business and announcements of the Debian
Technical Committee
Moderated : subscribers
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debian-dak@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about the Debian Archive Software, consisting of dak for the
archive and the buildd related parts wanna-build/sbuild.
Moderated : no
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debian-debbugs-cvs@lists.debian.org
Description : CVS commit messages when modifications are done to
debbugs
Moderated : yes
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debian-debbugs@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and development of debbugs, the Debian
Bug Tracking System software.
Moderated : no
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debian-desktop@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about the Debian Desktop sub-project,
the integration of the various desktop-related
packages, bug reports, questions and patches.
Moderated : no
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debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org
Description : Announcements of development issues like policy changes,
important release issues &c.
Moderated : signed
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debian-devel-austrian
Description : Discussion among the Debian developers in Austria.
Language : (mostly) German
Subscription: https://www.gibraltar.at/mailman/listinfo/debian-at
debian-devel-french@lists.debian.org
Description : This is the list used to discuss development
issues in French.
Language : French
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-devel-games@lists.debian.org
Description : Development and packaging discussion for games and game-related software in Debian.
Identification of potential new games suitable for Debian. Discussion about
infrastructure issues covering a wider range of games (e.g. multiplayer issues).
Moderated : no
Subscription: open
debian-devel-italian@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion on development issues in Italian.
Language : Italian
Moderated : no
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debian-devel-portuguese@lists.debian.org
Description : This is the list used by Portuguese developers
(or wannabes) to discuss development issues.
Language : Portuguese
Moderated : no
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debian-devel-spanish@lists.debian.org
Description : This is the list used by Spanish developers
(or wannabes) to discuss issues besides
translation: provide help for new Spanish
developers, arrange key-signing meetings, arrange
work in booths on different shows, share experience
etc.
Language : Spanish
Moderated : no
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debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about technical development topics.
(High-volume mailing list.)
Digest : debian-devel-digest@lists.debian.org
Moderated : no
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debian-doc@lists.debian.org
Description : Debian Documentation Project: anything related
to documentation in Debian is on topic here.
Moderated : no
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debian-dpkg-bugs@lists.debian.org
Description : Email sent by the bug tracking system regarding
the dpkg packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-dpkg-cvs@lists.debian.org
Description : The CVS commit messages from the dpkg CVS tree.
Moderated : yes
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debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions and maintenance of dpkg, the basis of
the Debian packaging system.
Moderated : no
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debian-edu-french@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions in French between all educational Debian-based projects.
This list should ease the collaboration between the projects themselves
and between Debian and those projects.
Moderated : no
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debian-edu-german@lists.debian.org
Description : German mailing list for Debian in the educational field. German speakers can
find support around educational software and the Skolelinux system on this
list.
Moderated : no
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debian-edu@lists.debian.org
Description : Making Debian the best distribution in the
education landscape.
Moderated : no
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debian-efi@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions related to EFI in Debian. Those developing EFI-related packages are
encouraged to use this list to discuss issues and design solutions for EFI
packaging etc.
Moderated : no
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debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of all things related to the several
Debian Emacs packages and their add-ons.
Moderated : no
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debian-email@lists.debian.org
Description : A generic "grab-bag" list for Debian related
correspondence such as contacting upstream authors
about licenses, bugs etc, or discussing the project
with others where it might be useful to have the
discussion archived somewhere.
This list is archived internally on a Debian Project
machine, only developers have access to the archive.
Moderated : no
Subscription: developers only
debian-embedded@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about improving Debian for use with
embedded systems, including building cross-compiler
toolchains, cross-compiling packages, creating and
updating system images, using alternate libraries,
compile-time configuration of packages, etc.
Moderated : no
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debian-flash@lists.debian.org
Description : For discussion of issues relating to the development and use of Debian for
Flash development and viewing of Flash content. For general discussion of Flash
related free software, please visit the osflash community: http://osflash.org
Moderated : no
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debian-gcc@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion on Debian packaging of GCC, the
GNU compiler collection: bug reports, porting
issues, any kind of questions or patches.
Moderated : no
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debian-gis@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Debian. For more
information about the Debian GIS Blend see
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis
Moderated : no
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debian-glibc@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion on Debian packaging of the GNU C Library,
the most important library on Debian systems.
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debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and coordination among maintainers of
Debian's GTK+, GNOME and dependent or related
packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-hams@lists.debian.org
Description : Support for HAMRadio within Debian GNU/Linux.
Moderated : no
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debian-haskell@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of issues related to Haskell on Debian systems, with an
emphasis towards coordinating Haskell packaging standards. Relevant
for anyone packaging Haskell compilers, libraries, or programs on
Debian.
Moderated : no
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debian-ipv6@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions on the use of Debian in an IPv6 network
and implementing IPv6 support in Debian packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-java@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about the packaging and use in Debian of VMs
and compilers for the Java(tm) language, and programs
written on it.
Moderated : no
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debian-jr@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and working on making Debian the sort
of operating system that children will want to use.
The Debian Jr. Project web page is at
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/
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debian-kernel-maint@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and development of Debian kernel packaging,
for the kernel team and other developers.
Moderated : no
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debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
Description : Kernels used with Debian (Linux, Hurd, etc.), available
patches and flavors, packaging issues, bug reports,
porting issues, automated tools, and any other
questions or patches that are kernel-related. Mostly
bug reporting is done here.
Moderated : no
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debian-knoppix@lists.debian.org
Description : Development of the Debian-based live CD/DVD takes place. As it is mainly a
development list, user questions are best placed on the debian-user list.
Moderated : no
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debian-lex@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion on developing Debian into an operating
system that is particularly well fit for the
requirements for legal offices. The goal of
Debian-Lex is a complete system for all tasks in
legal practice which is built completely on free
software.
Moderated : no
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debian-lint-maint@lists.debian.org
Description : The maintenance of Debian "lint" tools like lintian or linda
is discussed on this list. This may or may not be limited to
bug reports regarding the checks.
Moderated : no
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debian-live@lists.debian.org
Description : Development of the Debian Live systems (i.e. live cds).
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debian-lsb@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and coordination of efforts towards ensuring
Debian meets the requirements of the Linux Standard Base.
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debian-lts@lists.debian.org
Description : Everyone involved or interested in providing Long-Term Support for Debian
should feel free to join this list.
.
Discussion of policy, on-going support issues, and anything else
relating to LTS are all on-topic here.
Moderated : no
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debian-med@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion on providing a free operating system
for medical care.
The Debian-Med Project web page is at
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/
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debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
Description : Newbie Debian developers can seek help with
packaging and other developer-related issues here.
This list is not meant for users' questions,
but for new maintainers'!
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debian-mobile@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussions around packaging suitable mobile interfaces to
Debian. Mobile systems have a user-interface different than the traditional
'keyboard-mouse' pair, can be battery-powered, have a generally small form
factor and/or only allow few elements on a given screen.
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debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about the development of applications
that produce multimedia content, handling multimedia
data, supporting multimedia hardware etc.
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debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org
Description : Packaging of Objective Caml programs and libraries.
(http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/)
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debian-openoffice@lists.debian.org
Description : Coordination of the maintenance of the OpenOffice
and LibreOffice packages in Debian.
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debian-perl@lists.debian.org
Description : The list is dedicated to coordinate the work of various
perl package maintainer and to write a kind of perl
sub-policy.
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debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and editing of the Debian Policy Manual.
Moderated : no
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debian-printing@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of issues related to printing on Debian systems. This
covers all aspects of printing, from spoolers, to RIPs and printer
drivers. The list is used for coordination of development,
integration and bugfixing of printing packages between package
maintainers. User printing and printing setup questions are also
on topic.
Moderated : no
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debian-private@lists.debian.org
Description : Private discussions among developers: only for
issues that may not be discussed on public lists.
Anything sent there should be treated as sensitive
and not to be spread to other lists; thus
cross-posting between it and an open list defeats
the purpose of this list.
This list is archived internally on a Debian Project
machine, only developers have access to the archive.
Moderated : no
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debian-python@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of issues related to Python on Debian
systems with a stress on packaging standards. Therefore
relevant for maintainers of Python related packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-qa-packages@lists.debian.org
Description : Bug reports against orphaned packages and discussions
about fixing them.
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debian-qa@lists.debian.org
Description : Quality assurance is important for a distribution. This
list addresses this quality.
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debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion and coordination among maintainers of
Debian's Qt, KDE and dependent or related packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-release@lists.debian.org
Description : Coordination of Debian releases issues such as testing migrations, transitions
and removals.
This list should not be considered a discussion list; discussions related to
releases issues should be held on more appropriate lists such as debian-devel,
debian-legal or debian-project.
Moderated : no
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debian-ruby@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of issues related to Ruby on Debian systems
with a stress on packaging standards. Therefore
relevant for maintainers of Ruby related packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-science@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of issues relating to the use of Debian for science research,
including useful packages, particular problems faced by scientists using
Debian, how to make Debian more useful to scientists, etc.
Moderated : no
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debian-security-tracker@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion about topics that are relevant about the
Debian Security Tracker, e.g. feature improvements,
bugreports about incorrect data entries or server
updates.
Moderated : no
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debian-sgml@lists.debian.org
Description : Discussion of issues related to SGML on Debian systems
with a stress on proper integration of tools, packaging
standards and the writing of documentation for SGML
users. Therefore relevant for maintainers of SGML
related packages.
Moderated : no
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debian-ssh@lists.debian.org
Description : Maintenance of the OpenSSH packages for Debian.
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